How Low Can You Go?

The room darkens, text comes up on the exploding scoreboard, "September 11, 2001".

Three women, a wife and two sisters, talk about their families' connections to the events of that day.

A moment of silence falls, by request.

Amazing Grace is sung a cappella by a singer on a rising stage.

That, folks, is the RNC 2004 and not the 700 Club.

Sam feels punched in the stomach. I feel queasy.

I feel for the families, I respect their loss. So much so I'd never use it as a stunt in these pages, much less a national circus.

I'm only thankful that the Demos didn't do this. Not because it's cheap and skanky (though it is), but because if it were the Democrats making such a maudlin display, the Rightwingnuts out there would be calling all three of those women whores and find reasons to discredit their grief.

The Republicans are incredibly life-like, though. I'll give them that.